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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN O. PFEIL, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

COMPOSITION FOR SURFACING FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,633, datedSeptember 6, 1881.

Application filed April 14, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN 0. PEEIL, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Camden,State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSurfacing Fabrics for Printing Purposes, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification.

The invention consists of a coating for cloth and other fabrics formedof a composition of matter which readily permits printiugthereon andretains the same, is of a glossy nature, and is not liable to crack orpeel, is water-proof, and possesses otheradvantages, as will behereinafter set forth.

In carrying out my invention, I take one pound wax, one gallon varnish,five pounds white zinc, white lead, or Oremnitz white or other whitemineral. The white mineral is ground with the varnish. The wax isheated, and when to a boiling point it is mixed with the combinedvarnish and mineral White, the mass being continually stirred, so as tothoroughly unite the ingredients, after which it is strained andappliedhot or cold by means of brushes, rollers, &c., to muslin, linen,canvas, or other suitable cloth or fabric, it being seen that theresultant surface of the fabric is of a uniform, smooth, glossy, andflexible nature, and readily permits printing thereon, the color (Nospecimens.)

taking in a superior manner and remaining durable and bright, and doesnot crack and peel. It is, moreover, enabled to withstand exposure tothe weather, and may be washed or cleansed with cold or warm waterwithout injury.

The surface is well adapted to receive impressions from the finest steeland copper plate, as well as from lithographic plates, wood-cuts,ordinary type, 850.

The kind of varnish which I use is white varnish, and may be made fromZanzibar gum, turpentine, and bleached linseed-oil.

1 am aware that compositions have been made for varnishing purposes,consisting principally of litharge, beeswax, and oily substances; also,compositions consisting of zinc white, wax, and varnish, together with avariety of additional ingredients. These compositions I do not claim.

What I do claim is A white composition for surfacing fabrics and otherflexible material for printing purposes, consisting of wax, whitevarnish, and

mineral white thoroughly incorporated, sub-- stantial'ly as set forth.

HERMAN O. PFEIL. Witnesses JOHN A. WIED'ERsHEiM, W. F. KIROHER.

